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84 Cards in this Set
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Anatta
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Soullessness, a characteristic of all things, including people
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Anicca
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Impermanence, a fundamental characteristic of all things except Nirvana
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Arahant –
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An enlightened being who will be reborn no more
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Asava -
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The “cankers” of sensual desire, desire to exist, wrong views and ignorance that poison the mind
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Buddha
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“The awakened one.” An enlightened person who teaches others but did not have a teacher.
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Dharma –
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The laws of the universe, truth, the components of existence
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Dukkha –
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Unsatisfactoriness, suffering
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Karma –
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An action that has good or bad results for the doer based on their intention
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Khandha –
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The five aggregates out of which humans are made: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness
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Nirvana –
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The extinguishing of desire resulting in the release from suffering and cessation of rebirth
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Pali -
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The language of the earliest Buddhist texts from the Theravada School
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Parinirvana -
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The permanent bliss after death of an enlightened person
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Paticcasamuppada –
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Dependent origination, the chain of causality that connects one moment with the next
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Samsara –
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the continual cycle of rebirth driven by karma
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Sangha –
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The community of monks and nuns
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Sanskrit –
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The sacred language of the Hindus, and also the language of later Buddhist texts, especially those from the Mahayana School
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Theravada –
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The older, more conservative form of Buddhism of Southeast Asia. A thera is an elder monk
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four noble truths:
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Dukkha
Samudaya Nirodha Maga |
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dukkha
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life is suffering
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samudaya
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origin of suffering is desire
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nirodha
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The cessation of suffering is attainable.
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magga
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The path to the cessation of suffering.
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eightfold path
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the fourth noble truth, getting rid of desires.
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four castes of hinduism
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Braham: priests
Kshatriya: warriors, nobelity Vaishya: merchants shudra: servants |
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four asavas
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The four “cankers” that poison the psyche and keep one enmeshed in Samsara. If you get rid of these, you reach Nirvana. They are: viewpoints, sensual pleasure, desire for existence, ignorance (avijja).
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Arahant
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Someone who has become enlightened
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Bhikkhu
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Monk
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upasaka
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layman
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samanera
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novice until 20
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thera
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senoir monk who has ben in robes for at least ten yeras
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sila
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the five rules of behaviro for all buddhist. they are do not take life, do not take what is not given, avoid sexual wrongdoings, avoid harsh speech, avoid intoxication
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eight requisites for a monk
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robes, girdle, bowl, razor, needle, thread, water strainer, fan
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three kinds of meditation
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samatha/samadhi, brahma vihara, vipassana
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samatha
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calming meditation, involves 8 jhanas and an additional stage of pure bliss caleld Nirodha samapatti
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brahma vihara
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visualization meditations to vultivate lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity
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vipassana
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insight or mindfulnes. the most important form of meditiaton in Buddhism that allows one to see the ture nature of exitance and break through dseire in that way
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tipitaka: three baskets
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vinaya sutta and abhidhamma
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vinaya
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monastic rules
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sutta
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stories and sermons fo the buddha nad his early followers
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abhidhamma
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psychology and philosophy
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arahant
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someone who reacehs nirvana nad stil has karma
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bodhisattva
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anyone who is motivated by compassiona nd seeks enligthenment not only for him/herself but also for everyone.
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Theravada:
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is the oldest surviving Buddhist school. It was founded in India. It is relatively conservative, and generally closest to early Buddhism,[1] and for many centuries has been the predominant religion of Sri Lanka
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Mahayana:
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s one of the two main existing branches of Buddhism and a term for classification of Buddhist philosophies and practice. It was founded in India.
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Vajrayana Buddhism:
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eriod of Vajrayana Buddhism has been classified as the fifth[1] or final[2] period of Indian Buddhism. Vajrayana is a complex and multifaceted system which evolved over several centuries and reveals much inconsistency and a variety of opinions.
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nirmanakaya
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physical eathly body came to eartha nd saw touches him. one kind of body ehre are many kinds of bodies the buddha has dies when earhtly body dies
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sambhoga kaya
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celestial body, body lives iup in heaven no physcia lform ooks down on earht tyr to help us doesnt die with body remains forever
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dharmakaya
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made up of thigns in universe put together everything the owrld is made of, god. subject to criticism becasue it sounded liek god. some mahayana belive in this
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Amitabha Buddha:
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celestiral buddha, mahayana chool, merits from good deeds over past lives as a bodhisattva. Buddha of infinite lights
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The “Pure Land”
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is located in the Western edge of the Cosmos and when you go there, Amitabha will help you reach Nirvana.
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rinzai school of zen
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jap. lines o of chinese school. founded by Tang Dynasty seeing ones true nature or enightenemtn (koan) known for rigor of training methods
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soto
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one of the three sets of zen in jap. buddhsim just sitting or silent illumination farmer zen"
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nembutsu
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chanting amitbha name , allows them to be received by him, can negate negative karma.
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puja
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bowing, offerings, chanting
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dana
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generosity, purifying mind of giver
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stupa and its relics
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buddha/saint worhsip at a buddha image
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paritta
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reciting verses and scriptures to ward off evil/danger
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jataka stories
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folklore native to india; preiviosu births of buddha. dance/theatre. hope for rebirth during the time of maitreya
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hosso
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yogacara buddhism (the miind-only school)
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ritsu
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strict adherence to the monatic vinaya codekegon
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kegon
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hua yan or flower ornament buddhism emphasized the interdependence of al things
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tendai
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ritualitstic and involved form of buddhism mephasizing importane of the lotus sutra as wel as discipline and meditation
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shingon
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vajrayana buddhism involinvg mantras, mudras, manadalas, and other tantric practices
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jodo
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pure land buddhism
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jodo shinshu
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true pure land buddhism
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nichiren buddhism
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recits the names of the lotus sutra (namo myohorengekyo)
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kukai
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japanese monk 774-835 founder of shingon buddhism
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Eisai:
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Japanese Buddhism Rinzai school of zen 1141-1215 zen master
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Dogen:
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Japanese zen buddhism founder of soto 1200-1253
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Honen:
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religious founder of pure land buddhism jodo shu 1133-1212
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Shinran:
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Japanese buddhist monk. pupil of Honen. founder of Jodo Shinshu 1173-1263
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Nichiren:
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Buddhist monk taught Lotus Sutra founder of Nichiren Buddhism 1222-1282
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Buddhadasa:
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ascetic-philosopher reinterpreter of Buddhist doctrine. 1906-1993
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King Mongkut:
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monarch 1804-1868
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Anagarika Dharmapala:
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revival of Buddhism in India. first to preach Dharma in Asia, NA, Euro 1864-1933
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14th Dalai Lama:
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1935-present
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Thich Nhat Hanh:
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founder of Order of Interbeing 1926-present
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Laypeople
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become more involved in teaching and studying about Buddhism, as well as in meditation
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Monks
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become more involved in social action and helping to make life better for the common people
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Some groups try to get rid
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of the “non-scientific” features of Buddhist practice such as worship of local spirits and of relics
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The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
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is a self-governance movement in Sri Lanka, which provides comprehensive development and conflict resolution programs to villages. It is also the largest indigenous organization working in reconstruction from the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
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thammayut movement in thailand
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began in 1833 as a reform movement by Prince Mongkut, son of King Rama II. Thammayut remained a reform movement until passage of the Sangha Act of 1902 formally recognized it as the lesser of Thailand's two Theravada denominations.
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when did china invade tibet
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1950-1951
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When did the Dalai Lama flee Tibet and set up a government in exile?
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1959
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